Aforum or a forum is a site on the Internet that brings together people with common interests to exchange ideas and discussion. And modern forums are nothing but a development of the Usenet technology, which has disappeared. Modern forums have known a much wider spread than the parent UseNet technology. It is a virtual meeting in one place, unlike the Internet chat, which is virtual communication in one place and time, given that the place is the page.
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The name of the Forum came translated from the Forum, which is a public square that was held in every Roman city, in which citizens gathered for the ruler or official to deliver a sermon to them. The population also gathers in it to cast their votes for the candidates to rule the city or the country. As for the Arabic name, it came from the club or the symposium, so the symposium house, for example, was the place where the notables of Mecca gathered and discussed matters. anything else. Forums are called by different names and are usually on a domain name.
Forum components
The forum consists of:
Administrator or manager in English Admin in French Business Administration: It is a person or account that controls the entire forum from the main control panel, which only the admin or this manager has access to, and he can add, delete and accept any member, and he can format the site or forum as he wants and in the form Who wanted and changed it at any time, and he is the one who can transfer the site's files from one hosting to another, pay their bills and buy a domain or domain of the site when it expires, in addition to other tasks and functions that the manager performs.
Authors are people interacting in the forum with topics or so-called contributions. They can also add members and accept visitors who wanted to register and open a new account in the forum. They cannot delete a member, delete a topic, or enter the main control panel. However, they can delete members and topics with permission from the manager. Or managers if the site is established or affiliated with a company.
Members: Mufrada is a member, and they are people who can comment on topics created by others, as well as add contributions, and they have one protocol account and one email.
Control Panel: It is an interface to control the forum behind the scenes and only the administrator has access to it. User Interface: It is the main page and internal pages of the forum, which consists of content and format arranged in a specific programming language and information that changes automatically programmed in a specific language such as PHP, in addition to other images, colors and texts .
Types of forums
The forums are divided into two types. There are forums specialized in a specific type of articles or posts, according to scientific specialization, intellectual interest, or social orientation, such as university forums that are specialized in distance education or what is termed e-learning. There are general forums that are not concerned with something specific and provide topics. In various fields. There are also forums that accept participation without registration, and this type is considered a shout in this field, as any member on the Internet can participate without registering on the site. There is also a type of forum called private forum, where only certain people belonging to an organization, association or school can register. There is also a type of simplified forum in English (micro forum), as there are no sections or forums, but rather the home page contains topics in various fields without classification. There are some advertising forums that publish other forums, and they are often called forum directories (forum guide).
Types of topics
There are many topics that differ according to the type of which we mention
Regular topic: It is a normal topic written by any member in which he puts whatever he wants.
Poll: It is a topic that enables visitors to vote to find out their opinions on a topic
Sticky topic: It is a very special and important topic that is fixed, that is, it cannot be moved over time, as it remains at the top of the page so that everyone can benefit from it
Announcement: It is mostly written by the administration and it is published in all sections and forums without exception so that everyone can see its content.
Discuss topics
Regular topic: It is a normal topic written by any member in which he puts whatever he wants.
Poll: It is a topic that enables visitors to vote to find out their opinions on a topic.
The subject of the request: It is similar to Google Answers. You can ask a request with a certain amount of points, and accordingly, the best answer can be chosen and points awarded to the member who answered the request.
Trade topic: It is a topic for presenting a commodity and showing all the details about it.
Challenge topic: It is to create a challenge between a competitor and an opponent, and the members divide into support for the competitor and support for the opponent at a specific time, then it ends and the winner is announced.
